India, Oct. 31 -- The Adivasi Tea Tribe Scheduled Caste Demand Council has warned the Assam government that excluding 42 Adivasi communities from the Scheduled Caste (SC) list could lead to widespread unrest across the state.

While speaking to the media at the Dhekiajuli Press Club on Thursday, Council President Dipen Nayak, Chief Advisor and writer Sanjay Kumar Tanti, and General Secretary Daulat Rajowar urged the government to include all 42 Adivasi communities listed in the second report of the three-member expert committee, along with the 36 communities mentioned in the first report.

Nayak, who is also an Executive Member of the Adivasi Welfare and Development Council, said that leaving out the 42 groups would be a violation of the ...